Oaktree wants to take over Deutsche EuroShop

Frank­furt and Munich — Oakt­ree has laun­ched a public take­over offer for Deut­sche Euro­Shop AG. A consor­tium of private invest­ment funds mana­ged and advi­sed by Oakt­ree Capi­tal Manage­ment, L.P. and CURA Vermö­gens­ver­wal­tung, the family office of the Otto family and parent company of the ECE Group, has announ­ced its decis­ion to launch a volun­t­ary public take­over offer for all no-par value shares of Deut­sche Euro­Shop AG through Hercu­les BidCo GmbH, which will be indi­rectly control­led by the consor­tium. Gibson, Dunn & Crut­cher LLP advi­sed Oakt­ree in connec­tion with its public tender offer for Deut­sche Euro­Shop AG.

The total value for share­hol­ders of EUR 22.50 per share repres­ents a substan­tial premium of 44.0 percent over Deut­sche EuroShop’s unaf­fec­ted share price of EUR 15.63 per share at the close of trading on May 20, 2022. — Deut­sche Euro­Shop is a major shop­ping center inves­tor that owns a port­fo­lio of 21 high-quality shop­ping centers in prime loca­ti­ons in Germany and attrac­tive cities in Central and Eastern Europe.

The offer is a stra­te­gic invest­ment in Deut­sche Euro­Shop to ensure that the company can respond to exis­ting chal­lenges and oppor­tu­ni­ties in the current retail envi­ron­ment. Over the past two years, vola­ti­lity in the retail sector has increased due to pande­­mic-rela­­ted closures, supply chain disrup­ti­ons, and gene­ral consu­mer uncer­tainty caused by the war in Ukraine.

Advi­sor to Oakt­ree: Gibson, Dunn & Crut­cher LLP

The firm was led by Corpo­rate Part­ner Dr. Wilhelm Rein­hardt (Frank­furt) and Clai­bourne Harri­son (London); Part­ners Alan Samson (Real Estate, London), Sandy Bhogal (Tax, London), Coun­sel Anne­kat­rin Pels­ter (Corpo­rate, Frank­furt) and Asso­cia­tes Dr. Dennis Seif­arth (Corpo­rate, Munich) and James Chand­ler (Tax, London).

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